Geoff Kalish   
Chairman   
 

Ben Carpenter
Vice Chairman
 

Board of Managers

Geoff Kalish, Ben Carpenter, Ron Kripalani, Jay Levine, Steven Spiegel, Mitchell Leidner, James Powers, Jack Rivkin

Level Committee Chair Responsibilities
Risk Management
Committee
Steven Spiegel
Board Member
  • Reviews credit, market, and operational risks
  • Reviews and approves trading and counterparty credit limits
  • Reviews and approves risk positions and profile
  • Approves trader pricing, modeling issues, aging status, hedging strategies
  • Reviews legal and compliance matters
Audit
Committee
Mitchell Leidner
Board Member
  • Oversees the choice of accounting policies and principles
  • Oversees the hiring, performance and independence of the external auditors
  • Monitors the internal control and internal audit process
Compensation
Committee
Geoff Kalish
Board Member
  • Reviews and approves the compensation for the CEO, executive officers and other key employees, as well as the goals and objectives relevant to any performance-based compensation for those individuals
  • Administers the equity compensation plan
  • Periodically reviews CRT's compensation policies and practices to ensure they are effectively aligned with CRT's fiscal goals while allowing CRT to remain completive in the recruitment of top producers and skilled and experienced support personnel
Level Committee Chair Responsibilities
Funding & Liquidity
Committee
Michael Santangelo
Chief Financial Officer
  • Reviews and assesses the firm's financing and capital needs
  • Performs stress tests of the funding needs/liquidity plan
  • Reports to the Board of all funding requirements
Enterprise Risk
Committee
Andreas Gocksch
Chief Risk Officer
  • Reviews credit, market and operational risks
  • Reviews and approves risk positions and profile
  • Approves trading pricing, modeling issues, aging policy, hedging strategies
  • Reviews legal and compliance matters
Valuation
Committee
Michael Santangelo
Chief Financial Officer
  • Assesses month end pricing and valuation risk
  • Reviews pricing issues and potential areas of pricing risks
  • Reviews stale pricing reports
Commitment
Committee
Ron Kripalani
Chief Executive Officer
  • Assesses underwriting risks and suitability of Capital Markets transactions
Policy
Committee
Tony Becraft
Chief Credit Officer
  • Reviews and approves all internal policies and procedures